Goal Structures in the Learning Environment and Students’ Disaffection From Learning and Schooling

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 143-174

  Kumar, Revathy ^a   Gheen, Margaret H ^b   Kaplan, Avi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 85143313925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410602152-13     Document Type: Chapter

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